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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Aberdeenshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Aberdeenshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,465Searchable applications
414Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 911 approved or refused records
33Refused applications
878 approved · 33 refused · 48 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 2020 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingContact planning Contact Planning teamLocal plan Local Development Plan 2029Pre-application advice Planning pre-application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@aberdeenshire.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01467534333Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanningenforcement@aberdeenshire.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1293
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse, Conversion of Existing Outbuilding, Installation of Air Source Heat Pump and Drainage Infrastructure
Allt Na Giubhsaich Bothy Glen Muick Ballater Aberdeenshire
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1294
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse Including Internal Alterations, Partial Demolition of Servants Hall and Flat Roof Extension, Porch Reinstatement, Erection of Log and Bin Store, Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps and Associated Works
Allt-na-Giubhsaich Lodge Glen Muick Ballater AB35 5SQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1295
Formation Of Bike Trails, Car Park, Toilet And Associated Works
Pitfichie Forest Inverurie
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1296
Retrospective Consent Low Voltage Overhead Supported by Wooden Poles
Auchnavenie Cottage Kildrummy Estate Alford AB33 8QS
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0045
Felling of 1 Leylandii Cypress Tree and Pruning of 1 Fir Tree
Fir Trees Huntly Road Aboyne AB34 5HE
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1297
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Domestic Building
Mill Of Birkenbower Lumsden Aberdeenshire AB54 4JW
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1298
Alterations and Extension to Dwellinghouse and Change of Use of Woodland to Domestic Curtilage
Carlowrie Auchattie Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6PT
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1299
Erecton of Agricultural Building
Clinkstone Bainshole Huntly AB54 6AQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1300
Erection of 39 Dwellinghouses, 12 Flats and Associated Infrastructure
Former Osprey House Mosscroft Avenue Westhill Industrial Estate Westhill Aberdeenshire AB32 6JQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1301
Demolition of Dwellinghouse in relation to Prior Notification APP/2025/1173
Halcyon Strachan Banchory Aberdeenshire AB31 6NL
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0046
Felling of 2 Fruit Trees and 1 Pine Tree
Craigveigh West Gordon Crescent Aboyne AB34 5HJ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1302
Formation of Private Way (Forestry)
Land To South Of Chapelhill Cottage Forgue Huntly
Received 29 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1303
External Alterations and Internal Alterations
Little Tulloch Dinnet Aboyne Aberdeenshire AB34 5PB
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1305
Alterations to Driveway and Formation of Access and Lay-by
Land At Cherrybank And Mavisbank OId Deer Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 5JT
Received 29 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1307
Alteration and Extension to Dwellinghouse
17 Greystone Road Kemnay Aberdeenshire AB51 5RS
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1309
Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses and Garage
Land Adjacent To Kirkton Of Arbuthnott Arbuthnott Laurencekirk Aberdeenshire
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1311
Alterations and Change of Use from Class 6 (Storage And Distribution) To Class 5 (General Industrial)
Rembrand Timber Ltd Unit 9 Souterford Drive Inverurie Business Park Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 0ZH
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1312
Internal and External Alterations to Church
Braemar Parish Church Cluniebank Road Braemar Aberdeenshire
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1313
Condition 2 (a) Siting, Design, Layout, External Appearance, Finishing Materials, Waste Bin Uplift Area, Driveway, Parking, Turning Area and EV Charging Point; (b) Means of Access including Visibility Splays; (c) Landscaping Scheme; (d) Level Survey and Cross Sections; (e) Drainage of Planning Permission In Principle Reference APP/2023/1608 for Demolition of Buildings and Erection of 3 Dwellinghouses
Little Newton Old Rayne Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6SE
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1315
Alterations to Dwellinghouse to Form 3 Self Contained Units and Siting of Hot Tub
High Green Hall High Green Gardenstown AB45 3YN
Received 30 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1316
Use as Domestic Garden Ground
Jockston House Ardoe Aberdeenshire AB12 5XT
Received 30 Jul 2026 - DecidedAPP/2026/1317
Consultation under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 for Change in Pole Height from 8.53m to 14m to Support 11kV Overhead Line
Mains Of Cowie Stonehaven
Received 30 Jul 2026 - DecidedTRE/2026/0047
Pruning of Oak Tree
2 The Paddocks Banchory Lodge Banchory AB31 5BZ
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionAPP/2026/1318
Installation of Biomass Boiler and Associated Pipework
John Stuart Murrial Ltd Murrial Farm Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6NU
Received 31 Jul 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Aberdeenshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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